Head-protector for babies.



B. G. FITCH.

HEAD. PROTECTOR FOR BABIES.

APPLICATION rum) 1130.30, 1908.,

WITNESSES INVENTOR ATTORNEY UNITE ll STATES PATENT OFFICE.

'BELLE G. FITCH, OF PHILADELPHIA, IENNSYLVANIA.

HEAD-PROTECTOR FOR BABIES.

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To all whom it may concern Be it known that I, BELLE G. FITCH, a citizen of the United States, residing at Philadelphia in the county of Philadelphia and State of Pennsylvania, have invented and has-for its object to provide a simple and effective device of this description which may be readily attached to the head or detached therefrom and when in place will 'prevent the child from bumping its head, the protector acting as a cushion or buffer.

With these ends in view, this invention consists in the details of construction and combination of elements hereinafter set forth and then specifically designated by the claim.

.'In order that those skilled in the art to which this invention appertains may understand how to make and use the same, I will describe its construction in detail, referring by letter to the accompanying drawing forming a part of this specification, in which- Figure 1 shows my improved head protector attached to the head of a child, and Fig. 2, a plan view of the protector.

In carrying out my invention as here embodied, A represents the body of the pro tector which is preferably made of soft rubber, and is hollow in order that it may be inflated.

B are soft rubber tubes which serve to i hold the device in place'upon the head and also to inflate the body A from the mouth Specification of Letters Patent.

Application filed December 30, 1908. Serial No. 489,868.

Patented Sept. 2, 1913.

piece C, which latter is provided with a check valve D that will allow the air to be forced inward but will prevent it from escaping outward.

In order that the device may be secured upon the head, I provide the straps or hands E and E, the buckle being used to aldjlnist these straps beneath the chm of the c 1 In practice the device is placed upon the head while deflated and then inflated to the required degree by blowing into the mouth piece 0 with sufficient force to open the valve, as will be readily understood.

Of course I do not wish to be limited to the exact details of construction here shown as these may be varied within certain limits without departing from the spirit of my invention, but which come within the scope of the appended claim.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new and useful, is-

A head protector for babies comprising a single pneumatic tube of soft expansible material adapted to fit upon the head horizontally, pairs of converging tubes extending upwardly from the opposite sides of the single tube and having their free ends meeting centrally above the single tube, all of said tubes having intercommunication with each other, and a valve at the meeting portions of said converging tubes.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto affixed my signature in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

BELLE G. FITCH.

Witnesses:

Enw. W. ANSTIOE, S. M. GALLAGHER. 

